Two Cataract Bogs in Greenville County, SC

No so much a hike, as a fabulous wildflower tour!! Thanks to Darrin, who took me, Dan, and Josh to the Eva Chandler Preserve, as well as another cataract bog in the area. Both were jam packed with Mountain Laurel, Pitcher plants, Grass Pink, and Horned Bladderwort!!

....lining the area along the rocky outcropping which forms the cataract bog. According to Wikipedia, a cataract bog is ....

"... a rare ecological community formed where a permanent stream flows over a granite outcropping. The sheeting of water keeps the edges of the rock wet without eroding the soil, but in this precarious location no tree or large shrub can maintain a roothold. The result is a narrow, permanently wet, sunny habitat."